Trump-Backed Cryptocurrency Begins Trading
The Trump family directly holds 22.5 billion WLFI tokens and receives 75% of revenues from token sales. However, these tokens remain locked.
Quick overview
- World Liberty Financial's governance token (WLFI) has started trading on major exchanges like Binance, gaining 14% in the last 24 hours.
- With a market cap of $9.1 billion, WLFI is currently the 26th largest cryptocurrency, backed by the Trump family.
- Early investors face restrictions on selling more than 20% of their holdings to stabilize prices, while the Trump family has reportedly earned around $600 million from the project.
- Launched in 2024, WLFI integrates traditional finance with blockchain and offers governance rights to its holders.
World Liberty Financial’s governance token (WLFI), a decentralized finance project backed by U.S. President Donald Trump and his family, has begun trading on several major centralized exchanges, including Binance.
WLFI gained 14% in the past 24 hours, trading at $0.3182, which gives it a market capitalization of $9.1 billion and a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $32 billion. That makes it the 26th largest cryptocurrency in the world, according to CoinGecko.
Early investors—excluding founders such as Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump—are restricted from selling more than 20% of their holdings initially, with the remainder locked. This standard liquidity management tactic reduces short-term selling pressure and helps stabilize prices.
Estimates suggest the Trump family has already generated around $600 million from World Liberty products, which also include stablecoins, crypto mining, and digital asset funds. Despite criticism over potential conflicts of interest given Trump’s regulatory influence, the project has attracted a wave of retail investors chasing quick gains.
Launch and tokenomics
World Liberty Financial, launched in 2024, aims to integrate traditional financial products with blockchain, operating mainly on Ethereum and using Aave V3 for lending and borrowing. WLFI serves as a governance token, giving holders voting rights on protocol parameters, incentive programs, and growth strategies.
The token has a total supply of 100 billion, with 24.67 billion currently circulating. Distribution includes 10 billion for the World Liberty Financial ecosystem, 7 billion for Alt5 Sigma Corporation’s treasury, 2.8 billion for liquidity and marketing, and 4 billion unlocked on day one for early investors at $0.015 and $0.05 via the “Lockbox” process. The remainder—19.96 billion for treasury, 33.51 billion for the team, 16 billion from the public sale, and 5.8 billion for strategic partners—remains subject to vesting conditions.
The Trump family directly holds 22.5 billion WLFI tokens and receives 75% of revenues from token sales. However, these founder tokens remain locked until holders vote on a release schedule.
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